This up-to-date collection begins with an account and analysis of the role of psychologists in prisons in relation to research.

• Looks at the results of evidence based psychological approaches to working with prisoners
• First half of the book has its primary focus on psychological evaluation research
• Includes chapters on psychological research on suicide, bullying, life sentenced prisoners and staff sickness

Professor Graham J. Towl, Chief Psychologist, National Offender Management Services, is the editor of Psychology in Prisons (BPS Blackwell, 2003), and a co-editor of Suicide in Prisons (BPS Blackwell, 2000), Applying Psychology to Forensic Practice (BPS Blackwell, 2003), and Psychology in Probation Services (BPS Blackwell, 2004).